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Thursday, December 11, 2014

The PhoneArena 2014 census: What brand phone are you using right now? (results)

With
2014 on its way out, we thought the timing was right to go for a count –
which smartphone brands are most popular with our readership? While not
technically correct, we nevertheless dubbed it the PhoneArena 2014
census and asked you to vote. It is now several days later, and we're
ready to share the results – and judging by the interested the poll
generated (over 11,000 of you took the call and voted), we're willing to
bet that many of you're are curious to find out what they are.

Well,
it should come as no surprise that Samsung landed first – after all,
the electronics giant sell the most handsets worldwide, so it makes
sense that an impressive quarter (25.02%) of poll takers have a Samsung
device in their pocket. If you thought that the results would mirror
manufacturers' respective market shares, however, you're in for a
surprise – the runner-up is Sony, with 13.93%, which is a far bigger
piece than the company has from the total pie worldwide. LG, too, is
over-represented among our readership, managing a share of 10.52% –
followed closely by Apple with 10.08%.

Next up, we've got
Motorola (8.69%), the still-enduring Nokia (8.54%), HTC (6.85%), and
Google's Nexus line with 4.84%. Interestingly enough, OnePlus is only
slightly behind Google, with a 4.25% share, so those mythical invites to
buy the One perhaps aren't uncommon. Check out the rest of the scores
below.